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Young Edek lives with his elderly father who tries to keep his son by his side. The boy's longing for freedom and a girl clashes with his father's possessiveness. The pigeons symbolize unattainable freedom. The conflict leads to a tragic ending.
This edition brings four key stories by Vjenceslav Novak (1859–1905), one of the most important Croatian realists, known for his social sensitivity and depictions of urban poverty at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The collection leaves an impression of melancholy, but also of the quiet beauty of everyday life.
"Stories from the Past" (1916) contains the stories: Sunce Djever and Neva Nevičica, Bratac Jaglenac and little sister Rutvica, Šuma Striborova, How Potjeh searched for the truth, Fisherman Polunko and his wife, Lutonjica Toporko and nine župančići, Jagor
This popular reading edition of Zagrebačka stvarnosti brings a selection of the most entertaining and famous Croatian folk humorous stories - those that have been told by the hearth for centuries, and today are part of the required reading for elementary
A romantic story by Victor Hugo, the 21st letter from his travelogue "Le Rhin" ("The Rhine", 1842). A romantic classic, similar to the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm or Andersen, but with Hugo's deep emotionality and philosophy of eternal love.